I'm guessing
TBM Avengers of VT-27. Princeton was struck at 0940 on the 24th when a single D4Y broke through the F6F curtain and got off 2 x 500lb bombs straight into the Princeton's flight deck. The bombs tore through several decks and ignited aviation fuel and six torpedo-armed TBMs. At 1530 the same day she went up, tearing the stern open and alongside to assist, 200 of the USS Birmingham's crew were also killed by the flying debris.

I can't find a statement that says straight that it was VT-27 though, I'll keep looking.

I'm guessing
TBM Avengers of VT-27. Princeton was struck at 0940 on the 24th when a single D4Y broke through the F6F curtain and got off 2 x 500lb bombs straight into the Princeton's flight deck. The bombs tore through several decks and ignited aviation fuel and six torpedo-armed TBMs. At 1530 the same day she went up, tearing the stern open and alongside to assist, 200 of the USS Birmingham's crew were also killed by the flying debris.

I can't find a statement that says straight that it was VT-27 though, I'll keep looking.

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That's what I'm coming up with as well. The problem is that when I do a search for "VT-27", I get a training squadron that wasn't activated until the 50s.